My naturopathic Dr. always helps me, whereas my medical Dr. sometimes comes up short. Pharmaceutical medicine is not always the answer.

09.28.2021

Oregon Salem

“My naturopathic Dr. always helps me, whereas my medical Dr. sometimes comes up short. Pharmaceutical medicine is not always the answer.”

Around ten years ago, I finally spoke to my obstetrics-gynecology Dr. about the hot flashes I experienced day and night. I kept a set of clothes at my work desk in case I soaked with perspiration what I was already wearing. Any type of embarrassment, no matter how small, would set off the flash. This Dr. prescribed low-dose Birth Control (BC) pills to help control it. Please note, I was no longer ovulating, simply just experiencing menopausal symptoms.
A co-worker told me about a naturopathic Dr. here in Salem. This naturopathic Dr. prescribed a topical creme to replace BC pills, with the same desired results and saving my liver the extra work of processing a pharmaceutical. Since then, the prescription has been changed a few times because my body has changed. Naturopathic Dr. determines how to regulate the hormones compounded in topical creme by way of my blood panels. Without this compound, I continue to have night sweats. With this compound, I feel much better in the morning, and my bedsheets are dry. Well worth the cost of medicine, I hope the FDA considers all testimonies, especially the positive ones, while accessing the need to restrict our access to bio-identical hormones.

Hear their stories. Protect their own words. Protect their access to compounded medicines.

On this page, we can only touch on the data that demonstrates the importance of compounded medicines to the lives of millions of people in this country. While the decision to take this vital therapy from patients and physicians might be profitable for big pharmaceutical companies, it will be disastrous for the millions of patients that those same pharmaceutical companies cannot serve!

We encourage the appropriate committees in both the House and Senate to hold hearings on this critical issue.

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